Post by The Curmudgeon on Mar 26, 2014 16:36:07 GMT 2
A year or so ago I heartily recommended a TV show called "Angry Boys", a mockumentary style comedy show focused on a variety of different characters, all played by comedian Chris Lilley. It attracted a ton of controversy, most notably terrible, novelty rapper S-Mouse, (a blacked up Chris Lilley calling genuine black people "nigger" - can't think why that caused bad feeling). It was what all great comedy should be; smart, relatable, believable and not afraid to push boundaries.
His latest series came out a few months ago in the UK, and should make it's way to the US soon (hopefully not without the picketing and protests Angry Boys attracted). "Ja'mie: Private School Girl" is based on Lilley's most famous creation; an un-nervingly convincing, pitch perfect portrayal of a spoiled, self-absorbed teenage girl, all selfie-photo taking, idiotic buzz word spouting ("I'm so random, but YOLO") nightmare.
She takes part in her own charity campaigns ("the poor, the homeless, the black") and her main enemies are lesbians, fat people and Asians. She's everything that's wrong with the modern world, basically.
Lilley's performance as Ja'mie is frighteningly accurate, all coy glances at the camera and flicking the hair from his, er, her eyes.. it's flawless. But what's most surprising is the attention to detail with the mockumntary formula itself. A direct parody of the mindless reality slop found on MTV, all loud horrible pop music and cheesy voice-overs. He's obviously spent hours watching Kardashian/Cribs style reality shit. This is a man who has suffered for his art.
Take a look;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pniDfPCab8Q
Keep an eye on this one, folks.
His latest series came out a few months ago in the UK, and should make it's way to the US soon (hopefully not without the picketing and protests Angry Boys attracted). "Ja'mie: Private School Girl" is based on Lilley's most famous creation; an un-nervingly convincing, pitch perfect portrayal of a spoiled, self-absorbed teenage girl, all selfie-photo taking, idiotic buzz word spouting ("I'm so random, but YOLO") nightmare.
She takes part in her own charity campaigns ("the poor, the homeless, the black") and her main enemies are lesbians, fat people and Asians. She's everything that's wrong with the modern world, basically.
Lilley's performance as Ja'mie is frighteningly accurate, all coy glances at the camera and flicking the hair from his, er, her eyes.. it's flawless. But what's most surprising is the attention to detail with the mockumntary formula itself. A direct parody of the mindless reality slop found on MTV, all loud horrible pop music and cheesy voice-overs. He's obviously spent hours watching Kardashian/Cribs style reality shit. This is a man who has suffered for his art.
Take a look;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pniDfPCab8Q
Keep an eye on this one, folks.
